Fragrant Tea Olive
Osmanthus fragrans · Oleaceae · 목서
How to spot it
Opposite, leathery evergreen leaves and small, strongly scented flowers in the leaf axils.
Look
- Leaves
- Opposite leathery simple leaves are glossy, with smooth or finely toothed margins.
- Flowers
- Small, strongly fragrant flowers open in the leaf axils; white or orange depending on the cultivated form.
- Fruit
- The fruit is an elliptic drupe ripening purplish black. Flora of China gives its length as 1-1.5 cm.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Planted
- Native to
- Described by NC State as native to East Asia.
- Ecology
- U.S. horticultural sources say it tolerates drought once established but is sensitive to frost, and cold can affect the next flowering.
Sources
- NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- 국립수목원 국가표준재배식물목록(개정)
- Osmanthus fragrans — Flora of China, World Flora Online
- 국립생물자원관, 국가생물종목록 I(2019)
- 대전광역시 한밭수목원, 제4차 수목원진흥실시계획(2019–2023)
- 산림청·국립수목원 (2012), 한국의 가로수 — 나무가 만드는 아름다운 길
- Zhou et al. (2022), Sex ratio, floral traits, and genetic variation of androdioecious Osmanthus fragrans L. (Oleaceae)
- K-공감(문화체육관광부 정책주간지) 830호
- 매일신문 [이종민의 나무오디세이] 달나라 전설 속 계수나무, 목서 (2023-11-03)
- 서울특별시 온라인공원 '남산의 계수나무 이야기' (2021-10-21)
- 한국향토문화전자대전(대구역사문화대전) '대구 사람들이 바위 앞에서 비는 기도'
- 한국향토문화전자대전(대구역사문화대전) '연귀산'